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Learn & Explore Tip of the Day

August 2, 2015

Use a polarizing filter to lessen or eliminate reflections from glass. This works really well on windows of stores or cars. But the trade-off is that your exposure will be a bit longer, as the light is cut down by almost two stops.

On photo sharing sites like Flickr you can often view the details of a photograph and take a look at the shutter speed, aperture, ISO and other settings. While this won’t teach you how to create a photo from scratch it will show you what technical choices photographers made to capture their images.

If your COOLPIX camera or NIKKOR lens has image stabilization (Nikon calls it Vibration Reduction), know when to use it and when to turn it off. If you don’t know how your stabilization system works, turn it off when you’re shooting with a tripod. If it doesn’t sense that the camera is solidly mounted, it can add movement while trying to reduce blur.

Always use your lens hood (if you have one) or buy a lens hood (if you don’t). The lens hood isn’t just good for preventing flare. It can keep you from losing the contrast of your images as well as protect your front lens element from raindrops too.

When shooting a portrait of an athlete, use fill flash (or flash turned on even in daylight) to light up the shadow areas under a hat or helmet. This will balance the light from the entire scene and light up the face. On a compact camera, the setting to choose is "Flash On."

Look around you when you’re shooting at sunset. The objects that look boring during the day magically come to life when the rays of the sun hit them. Buildings, cars and anything reflective take on a special quality at sunset.

If your camera can capture images in both RAW and JPEG format, do so even if you don’t work with RAW images now. These RAW files have the highest image quality possible, so you can edit them years from now and be sure you’re getting the best looking image possible.

Shooting a lightning storm can be exciting. Use a tripod and set you camera to record a long exposure. With DSLRs, 15 seconds is a good start, but you may have to use up to 30 seconds, or bulb setting (where the shutter stays open as long as you hold down the shutter button). Because you never know when the lightning will occur, keep shooting for best results. Remember to always keep a safe distance, and don’t forget the tripod to avoid blurry photos!

Take a self-portrait each day for a week or month (or a year). It’s harder than you think to take an attractive photo of yourself, and if you do it for long enough you’ll have an interesting series that shows how you’ve changed over time.

Look on photo sharing sites for inspiration for your next photo shoot. Pick a subject you want to photograph or a location and search for photos of that. You’ll see a wide array of different techniques and styles that will inspire you.

Don’t stop shooting after the action has finished in sports. Get in close on a happy or sad face … a celebration after a goal … or the dejection on the sideline after a loss. The emotion of the game speaks volumes and can really round out a series of pictures.

If you live in a city or near a big photo store, find a photographic rental house and rent a lens that you don’t have. Take a telephoto lens to a ball game or rent a wide-angle lens and take it camping. This will give you a chance to try a new piece of equipment and expand your photographic horizons.

You should format the memory card in your camera on a regular basis. By using the camera’s built-in “Format” function, found in the menus, you lessen the chance of having card problems in the future. Doing so is better than just deleting the images using the camera or the computer.

Take a step back. No, farther back. See what the scene looks like from far away to get perspective. Walk around it, to see it from different angles. There’s a tendency to rush up to something and take a photo, but if you look at it from different angles you’re more likely to find something you would otherwise have missed.

Most cameras with built-in flashes have a red-eye reduction setting that fire several quick pre-flashes before the main burst of light. Turn this off if you’re not photographing people because it drains the battery and doesn’t help light up your scene.

Make a great team picture. Get the team together in front of a nice background—maybe the goal, the net or the team logo on the field or floor. Shoot the ordinary, and then let the kids have some fun, making faces or funny poses. That’s the one they will always remember.

At a wedding, watch what the photographer is doing and pick something different to shoot. If the photographer is shooting the cake cutting, take pictures of the band. If the photographer is shooting the bouquet toss with a wide-angle lens from behind the bride, use a telephoto to capture people trying to catch the flowers. You’ll capture a part of the wedding that wouldn’t have been documented otherwise.

It’s always best to shoot group pictures in a location that tells something about the people. For example, shoot the sports team on the field instead of the parking lot. Try to think about how the background, or setting, adds to the story of who they are.

Do some photography pro bono. Find a charitable organization in your area that can’t afford a photographer and offer your services for free. The group will end up with a precious resource it wouldn’t have had access to; and photos of an event or service the organization provides can help it get funding.

Try to buy the fast and large memory cards. Speed ratings on the cards are important for live action shots, especially when you’re shooting in sports or continuous scene modes, or at the highest frame rate. That will allow the camera to shoot at its fastest frame rate with little worry the camera will have to pause to offload images to the card.

Freeze the sports action. The key is using a high shutter speed. On compact cameras, use the sports scene mode. On a DSLR, pick a high shutter speed of 1/500th of a second or above. This will freeze almost all action. If the light is low, adjust your ISO to a higher sensitivity (800-1600 ISO), which will allow you to select a faster shutter speed.

Place your subjects equally away from the camera when shooting a group. Avoid placing any of your subjects a lot closer to your camera than others. That can lead to some of your family members being out of focus or just looking a little out of the mix.

Babies are great subjects because they’re so darn cute. Focus on the teeny body parts with a macro lens. Pudgy hands, small ears, and teeny elbows—they’re even cuter when they’re the subjects of your photo.

Use a small flashlight to light up a scene. Put one behind or under an object at night to create an interesting glow or use it instead of a flash. Take long-exposure shots using a flash as a light source and you can create interesting glowing sections of your photos.

Photographing at the zoo? Careful composition can hide the fact that your wild animal subjects are behind fences or in pens. Zoom in for tight close-ups so you don’t see man-made objects like fence posts, concrete swimming holes or perches for the animals to play on.

When photographing cars, try getting a different perspective. Use a wide-angle lens to capture the hood ornament with the hood stretched out behind. Get low and shoot up on the car. Grab a ladder and shoot a bird’s eye view. You’ll create a photograph that captures a car as art.

When shooting nighttime landscapes, use a low ISO (400 or below if possible) while working from a tripod. Open your aperture to F/4 or F/5.6. This will allow you to have a shot full of detail and of good quality. Remember that night shots need a subject, just like day shots.

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New Incredible, Bright 3.0-inch High Resolution VGA (921,000-dot) Clear Color Display makes images and movies come alive with rich detail and improved contrast. The large LCD makes it easy to compose and share your pictures with a wide-viewing angle and anti-glare coating

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Smart Portrait System includes:

Smile Timer and Blink Proof makes sure you’ll always catch the decisive moment when your subject smiles and Blink Proof function shoots two pictures and automatically saves the one in which the subject’s eyes remain open

Blink Warning, when activated alerts you that the subject may have blinked and allows you to retake the photo

In-Camera Red-Eye Fix™ automatically fixes, while shooting, most instances of red-eye in the camera. You may never see red-eye again

Face-Priority AF Nikon’s face-finding technology that automatically focuses on up to 12 faces

Skin Softening smoothes skin tone at three different levels for optimal portraits

EXPEED Image Processing ensures high-quality pictures with stunning color and sharpness. Nikon’s comprehensive digital imaging processing concept incorporates the know-how and technologies accumulated throughout our long history of photographic and digital imaging development and is custom-tuned for COOLPIX. Applied optimized technologies render natural-looking pictures of incredible quality and quick response so you won’t miss that special moment

D-Lighting rescues dark or backlit images by improving brightness and detail during playback

Macro shooting as close as 0.4”

10x Wide-Angle Zoom-NIKKOR ED Glass Lens has a versatile zoom range from 30mm to an impressive 300mm telephoto coverage that gets you close to the action while capturing expansive landscapes. The NIKKOR ED lens is built on a proud heritage of producing precision camera optics that delivers superb color and razor-sharp results

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Shutter

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Up to 10 shots at approx. 0.7 frames per second

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Interface

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Power

Battery / Batteries

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL12

Battery Life (shots per charge)

EN-EL12: 210 shotsBased on CIPA industry standard for measuring life of camera batteries. Measured at 23°C (73°F); zoom adjusted with each shot, built-in flash fired with every other shot, image mode set to Normal.

Great features
1st time using a digital camera. Owned 35mm Nikon camera's for well over 30 years. As I expected this Nikon camera is well equipped and simple to use. Got my first pics developed and used auto mode and I can honestly say that every one came out fantastic. The colors are brilliant, facial features are pure and distinct, no fade and no blurr. Flash works very well and took only a minute to figure out you have to move your hand over a little to accomodate the flash on upper left. The long zoom is as good as my 200mm on my Nikon N-80. Stops action works excellent. Can't wait to figure out all other options which I am sure will be totally satisfying. Overall fantastic camera which will be used in conjunction with my Nikon N-80.
October 28, 2010

Nice camera
This camera is a good point and shoot but it has a couple of flaws. The close up pictures are fussy. Once I hit the macro mode, I could take very close up pictures but without it, the focus was very touchy. Great that they put the button for macro but it was not where I expected it to be which was in the menu. Just a learning curve on that one but frustrating because I thought something was wrong with the focus on my camera.
Second is that for those of us with DSLR's we like out cheat modes but our manual modes as well, There is none of that here. Now you are going to say- it is a point and shoot- but there is a way to get manual with the zoom to a degree. You have a few helper modes such as food and document and maybe more than my DSLR, but for the cost of this point and shoot, it should allow you to have a few more bells and whistles for creativity.Yes you can edit right in the camera- nice feature and I love the video feature! Pictures are crisp and clear once I figured out my focus issue! Little lag time on focusing in auto but again, I might need to help it along in the mode I want to use it in. Jury is out on this one until I play more.
In all, a good camera but it will not make me give up my DSLR!
October 22, 2010

Great pictures but blurry at times
I'm interested in photography but being that I'm only 14, I decided to start with a point and shoot camera with good quality so I found the Nikon Coolpix S8000. I love to use it for taking pictures of my pet but my only problem is that, its not good to use on moving objects. Capturing moments of my gerbil is especially hard because he moves a lot and I usually only use macro because its more clear and shows more details up close. When I use continuous mode, it isn't that great. It's not clear and the lighting is off so I'm a bit disappointed that i can't take pictures of fast moving objects, because its not as clear. For the video mode, it is really nice but the problem is the "high pitched sound" it makes in the videos. I noticed many people have it to so it should be something to consider when buying. Other than those, the camera itself is pretty good.
October 21, 2010

Excellent but with 1 flaw...keeps turning off!!!
I have mine for about 2 months now. I really love all of the features and the photo quality. I carry it everywhere and I mean everywhere. The problem with my camera is that too often when I pull it out to shoot a picture I push the "on" button and it won't come on. I press it again and it won't come on. I have to hold the button down for 3 to 4 seconds then it turns on and the lens goes into the shooting position. Then after a few seconds the lens goes back in and the camera turns off. I have missed many great photo opportunities because of this problem. It's always fully charged and never indicates a "lens error" message. I just turns off. It doesn't happen alot but often enough to annoy me. I'm starting to think the camera has moody days. If I can have that problem fixed I would be very happy because in my personal opinion I think it's the best camera I've ever owned. It takes really great pictures and the lens zooms in and out with no problem at all when it's not moody. I really love it. Nikon, if you are reading this please look into this problem. I'm sure it's a quick fix but only you know the inside of this camera.
October 20, 2010

Love it!
I am not a great photographer, but this camera does everything for me. The smart portrait is genius. The buttons and menus are intuitive. I finally have great pictures of my family!
October 19, 2010

This product is no good.
Nikon reputation really took a hit on this one. Battery would not charge. I bought a new battery, which also would not charge. Not good, not good.
October 15, 2010

I love this camera, auto feature wonderful
I have taken pictures into the light, in the dark all have come out wonderful, Price was good, and was shipped quickly, easy start up, no difficult settings. Everything is at my finger tips. Turns on quickly and recovery time is quick.
October 12, 2010

Top Notch
I recently bought the Nikon S8000 for a two-week trip to Italy. This was my 3rd Nikon CoolPix, but this camera was truly outstanding! So easy to use, excellent zoom, almost impossible to take a bad pic. I took over 800 pics, and they were all outstanding. What a truly exceptional product for those of us who do not want to be professional photographers, but want to take excellent photos!
October 3, 2010

Camera works great, but view finder screen is difficult to see in sunshine. Soft ware is hard to use. I revert to microsoft software. Red colors come out too vivid.
can't see focusing squares in bright sunshine.
Cant figgure out how to use Flash to fill in. Back light feature works poorly.
October 2, 2010

Excellent results from this camera
Got this for a once in a life time trip. It performed beautifully. Easy to use and great sharp pictures in all situations.
September 28, 2010

All best features finally in one camera
Finally someone made a point & shoot with an instant shutter,High res. 14 MP, and a powerful zoom. Alot of times I can't drag my SLR camera everywhere I go because it is too bulky. Now I have the best of both worlds. Also, the display and controls are superb.My brother got a Canon with touch screen, and it's hard to use in the sun. The S8000 still has button controls which are much easier to use. Photos are fantastic on large screen. It's too bad Nikon doesn't have a system where a customer can upgrade MP's when instead of continuously buying new cameras everytime there is an upgrade! Otherwise, this is the everything camera.
September 26, 2010

Great camera & value!
It's a Nikon... Enough said!
Downside: Charging the battery while in camera and short life when using flash.
September 19, 2010

Surprise Features
We bought the camera to take pictures of our Grand sons (4 & 2). We were looking for point and shoot fast shot to shot speeds and got that and more. The camera has automatic smile detection which is great the the Grand kids. The picture quality is great. The ability to take videos is easy. Read the book there are many features that you won't understand how to use without it. The instruction in the manual are not as easy as I would like but the features are excellent.
September 19, 2010

Fast, great VR, great low light and easy to use
As someone who uses a D300, I knew it was time to get a pocket camera but wanted something that would come close to filling the gap. This camera is fast, easy to use and the auto settings are great. The processor brings me close to what I am used to with a full size DSLR.
The image Image Stabilization is one thing most important to us with a small camera and with low noise it does great a low light.
This is a great value for the camera that is always with us.
September 12, 2010

Great Picture Quality Poor Flash Positioning
Great picture quality but poorly designed flash positioning. If you hold the camera with two hands you need to be careful not to put your finger over the flash which pops up on the top of the camera.
September 10, 2010

Good, but not great
Having used Nikon cameras for nearly 20 years, I added the S8000 for casual photos - and that what it's good for. Manual control overrides would be useful, repositioning of flash (awkward location), and better battery life. At first I hesitated to get a spare battery, but after a few weeks of use, it was the right thing to do.
Body is well shaped, easy to carry, and telezoom is impressive, but be prepared for higer noise levels. Overall, no major regrets on my part, but for the size, one should consider alternatives carefully.
September 7, 2010

Great camera
I have been lugging around on hiking trips in the White Mountains of New Hampshire a fine camera but one that is too heavy. The Coolpix S8000 is a great replacement. I like nature photography. I took a few wonderful close-ups of toad I found in the woods in New Hampshire. Every detail on the creature is clear.
I'm still learning about the camera, but what I already know about the camera indicates that it is good one.
September 3, 2010

Awsome display
A bit more expensvie than other returned earlier but well worth the extra price. This one I am deffinetly keeping. It's my first digital camera and for a P&S it does not get any better, I still can't find a flaw on it. I wish the HDMI cable came included but none other brands do that yet and the USB mini plug for charging may be a weak link in time but will see, would have preferred the other off camera charger.
August 29, 2010

great camera, but NEED mini HDMI for TV viewing
Had camera for two months and love the features. Was very disappointed first time I tried to view images on two different HD digital televisions. Image was "pixilated and blurry". After conversing with Nikon Pros and trial and error, the problem was quickly solved with the purchase of a mini HDMI cable connected to the TV. These cables can cost from $30 to $90. Nikon needs to do a better job of explaining this matter and SHOULD include the mini HDMI cable in the box for a reasonable additional cost. This would save everyone a lot of headache.
August 25, 2010

Amazing camera with great features.
I love this camera, I have had it about 3 weeks. It takes amazing pictures. It ls compact and light weight yet takes better pictures then my bigger camera. The auto focus is advanced and has 10 zoom, the best in it's size.
I am a fan of Nikon now, this is my first Nikon.
August 22, 2010

Great Camera
This is my second Nikon digital camera. My first was the Cookpix 7900. The coolpix S8000 is a terrific camera with many improvements over my five year old camera. It is very fast, wide angle, and takes great overall photos.
My only complaint is the location of the pop-up flash. I usually hold my camera where the flash is located, so I need to adjust my grip.
However, I would definately recommend this camera. Keep up the good work, Nikon!
August 17, 2010

a good starter camera to learn photography
As a beginner, i had to learn to operate this camera from my wife who has a D90. My finger kept interfering with the flash, since it is in a poor location, so she closed off the flash so it would not pop up. I could not hold it comfortably any other way. It is good to have a second battery, since if you run out, you cannot charge it while operating it on vacation. Then you can recharge both batteries back at the place you are staying. It would be nice to be able to zoom in and change focus while doing movies, but videos do turn out very sharp and look good. In giving the camera to others to take still photos of us, many turned out blurry - for some reason they could not hold it still enough, but the same people could take clear photos of us with our D90. I personally do not know enough to need to have manual or aperture and shutter control, so that did not bother me. It certainly has enough choices to make good photos with all the features like white balance and ISO settings, continuous mode, and other modes. I think it is a great learning camera.The size is so nice to slip into any pocket. I recommend it for learning and taking clear good photos.It is also good to have this camera on vacation in places where it is dangerous to be with a lot of big camera gear, because the photos turn out very good and you do not feel you are sacrificing too much to just take this one along at times because you will be happy with the photos.
August 15, 2010

Disappointing close up video shooting
Let me just say that this camera takes extremely nice photos and the macro mode is fantastic. The video shooting is equally nice BUT if your gonna do any close up video shots forget it, you'll be sorely disappointed.
I was gonna do a video review of my iPod touch and some apps and put it on YouTube to show my friend, but the camera cannot focus in either of the video focus modes, which makes the camera video recording useless for up close detail video recording! The camera would focus and then blur, focus then blur, it never focused! Both the camera and iPod were set at varying distance's yet the camera wasn't able to settle and focus.
Hopefully Nikon can fix this though a firmware update.
August 15, 2010

Lens Error
I would not recommend this camera, I bought it brought it home took about 20 pictures to try and figure it out, put it away for vacation. Had company come that I had not seen for 8 years, pulled out the camera and it had a lens error. I looked it up in the manual and consulted the web site. Their suggestions did not work. I mailed it in for repairs on my dime, initially they sent me a response saying I owed nothing, then two or three weeks later they send me an invoice for 99.50 asking for approval saying there was sand in it and this is not covered under the warranty. This camera barely made it out of my house, and It missed my vacation. I will return the camera and buy a different brand. It looks like there are three other people who encountered this problem, sounds like at the very least it is a poor design, and perhaps a recall is in order. If there is sand in the lens it got there before I received it or while they have had it for repairs. I am angry to say the least. When you spend 279.00 dollars for a camera you expect it to last and you expect the warrenty to cover what fails.
August 11, 2010

Excellent camera overall
Overall an excellent camera and a good step up from my old 5 megapixel coolpix. Could use a viewfinder as the live viewfinder is still inadequte in bright sunlight. Pop up flash tends to be under my finger the way I hold the camera so have to remember to keep my fingers off the upper left of camera if flash is going to come on.
High def video does quite well.
August 10, 2010

Minor disappointments
I have purchased and use several Coolpix 500 and 600 series cameras. When I purchased the S8000 I was surprised that the pop up flash was in the left hand corner of the camera my index finger is always there with the other cameras. I don't care for the fact that I plug into the camera to charge the batterry I prefer to remove the battery only because the small rubber piece will be prone to breakage. The camera does take great pictures.
August 4, 2010

I shoot feelings and moments, and not replicas
What I like about my s8000 is the same as the rest of my Nikons - my pictures have film-like quality. I like photo journalistic style images that show emotions, movement, textures and life. My s8000 lets me concentrate on moments, not controls. Though now my hobby, I own pro gear and have shot professionally since the 80's, so I am very accustomed to manual modes. The s8000's Scene Mode is very good. Just leaving the camera in this mode, I could shoot all day and into the evening, concentrating on my subjects and settings. D-Lighting and other in-camera enhancement capabilities have delivered stunning results, and I can carry this camera around with near the ease of a cell phone.
When I grab a frame indoors or near vertical structures, I judge a camera's lens by the amount of distortion that occurs on those straight lines. With the s8000, my images are as true as they are with my AF-S Nikkor I use for architectural shots. Portraits come out beautifully, and have that wonderful Nikon moodiness I love.
Too much attention is paid to whether or not cameras can capture test patterns and canned scenes for subjective evaluations. I am thrilled with my s8000 because I'm able to capture feelings and moments, and not replicas of things for comparison.
If you're like me, the best measure of a camera is when you like what you see after you press the shutter, and visit those moments again and again.
August 3, 2010

Amazing little camera
I bought this S8000 camera for times when i did not feel like carrying my D90 SLR camera around all day and was amazed with the pictures. They are crisp clear and sharp and i think the pictures are just about as good as my SLR. Although the camera does not have as many features as an SLR. it has everything i need to take high class pictures. It focuses dead on and fast and i learned real quick how to hold the camera and keep my finger away from the pop up flash. It is well worth the money
August 2, 2010

Great point & shoot,
This is my first point & shoot. The quality of the lense, minimum delay, & controllable features are great. I love the size & weight & the way you can just put this in your pocket anytime & go. The lack of a viewfinder & camera shake (hard to keep steady when you've got to hold it away from you) are negatives for me. I still prefer my DSLR (also a Nikon), but most people won't--this may be as close as you can get for this size & shape.
August 1, 2010

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I have taken pictures with my camera and when I go to download/transfer them to the computer i can see some of the thumbnails but they will not open up or they open up all "distorted and unclear" I think I have a “bad” memory card but my question is “Are my pictures gone? And will I not be able to retrieve them off my memory card? “

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Every time I try to take a picture the camera turns itself off. I have changed batteries and charged the new one but the camera conitnues to turn off..

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I updated the firmware to 1.1, did a reset all and it sloved my problem.

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Please reset the camera to default settings: Go to MENU > Setup > Reset All. Also, that you have the correct option selected for the Charge by computer, MENU > SETUP MENU > Charge by Computer. If the problem persists you will need to send the camera to be evaluated.Title: How do I get my Nikon product serviced?URL: http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bi...

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It works in all other modes, just not the normal point and shoot. It's permanently in the off position.

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Nikon Family: 2-5 years

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Please install the latest version for View NX 2 in your computer that will allow you to download the photos and verify the XP version you have. Also, try transferring the photos using the internal memory of the camera.Answer Title: Nikon View NX - 2.1.1Answer Link: http://support.nikonusa.com/app/ans...

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The screen viewer shakes...is this an easy repair? It takes clear pictures just the screen is shaking while you are trying to take the picture

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My Coolpix S8000 camera has been dead for about a month. When I hook it up to the computer to charge, the green light flashes for a few minutes and then goes off. However, the on/off button stays lit up. My computer recognizes the camera and I am able to download the pictures on it. The camera has been plugged into the computer for about four hours, but once unmounted from the computer, still will not turn on. Does this mean I need a new battery?

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